Dino-Birds: 2 (Avimimus)

Dino-Birds: 2 (Avimimus) ~ Fossils found during the last 20 years show what some dinosaurs may have been covered with feathers or fur. Sinosauropteryx was a small, 1 m long meat-eater that lived 135 million years ago in China. Fossils of Sinosauropteryx show that parts of its body were covered not with...
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Growth and Age Dinosaurs

Growth and Age Dinosaurs ~ No one knows for sure how fast dinosaurs grew, how long they took to reach full size, or how long they lived. Most estimates of dinosaur growth rates and ages come from comparisons with today's reptiles.  Tyrannosaurus may have taken 20-50 years to reach adult size Some...
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Dinosaur Fossil-Hunters

Dinosaur Fossil-Hunters ~ Many dinosaur were found in the USA in the 1870s-90s by Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward drinker Cope. Marsh and Cope were great rivals, each one trying to find bigger, better and more dinosaur fossils than the other. The rivalry between Marsh and Cope extended to bribing people...
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Raptors

Raptors ~ Raptors' is a nickname for the Dromaeosaur group. Reptor is variously said to mean 'plunderer', 'thief' or 'hunter' (birds of prey are also called raptors). Dramaeosaurs ware medium-sized, pwrful, agile meat-eating dinosaurs that lived mainly about 110-65 mllion years ago. Raptors - Dromaeosaur Most...
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Legs and Posture Dinosaurs

Facts About Dinosaurs ~ All dinosaurs had 4 limbs. Unlike certain other reptiles, such as snakes and slow-worms, they did not lose their limbs through evolution. Some dinosaurs, such as massive, plant-eating sauropods like Jamenschia, stood and walked on all four legs nearly all the time. The all-fours...
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Age of Dinosaurs

Fact About Dinosaurs ~ The Age of Dinosaurs corresponds to the time period that geologist call the Mesozoic Era, from about 248-65 miliion years ago. The Mesozoic Era is devided into three shorter time spans - the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. Age of DinosaursIn the Triassic Period, 248-208...
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